By Monique Friedlander for Daily Mail Australia
03:20 07 January 2024, updated 03:22 07 January 2024
It’s no secret that Ozempic has become the blockbuster weight loss drug in Hollywood over the past year.
But not every celebrity has turned to drugs to transform their bodies, with many citing the simple technique of walking as the secret behind their recent weight loss.
This week, Kelly Clarkson hit back at rumors that her recent weight loss was down to Ozempic, telling People magazine that she slimmed down by walking more and changes his diet.
The Since U Been Gone singer, 41, revealed that she decided to walk everywhere in her new New York home, which helped her get the exercise she needed.
Before living in Manhattan, she lived in Los Angeles, where she drove her car everywhere, limiting her daily steps.
The Voice star also revealed she took her doctor’s advice by cutting back on carbs and adopting a high-protein diet.
Walking is also a popular method of weight loss among Australian celebrities.
Radio personality Chrissy Swan previously lost 90kg over three years and cites her daily 10km walks as one of the secrets to her success.
Speaking to The Imperfects podcast in March, the 50-year-old said walking has changed her life for the better.
“I was 45 and I was like, ‘I think I’m halfway to death,'” she said.
“Am I happy with what’s going on? Am I happy with who I am with other people, am I happy with who I am for me? What do I want to change?’
“And then I started walking, and I get emotional thinking about it, because walking changed my life.”
The Masked Singer judge also briefly touched on her weight loss in an interview with The Australian Women’s Weekly in 2022, confirming that Melbourne’s prolonged Covid lockdowns were the catalyst for her health and fitness.
“We couldn’t go out for dinner, we couldn’t go to a friend’s house, they couldn’t come over, we couldn’t go out five kilometers,” she said.
“All we could do was walk, and that’s what I did.”
Fellow Australian Rebel Wilson has also made headlines with her stunning weight loss in recent years, having shed 35kg since 2020.
The 43-year-old actress previously spoke with Form about her “year of health” and said it was regular walking, not grueling workouts, that helped her shift the pounds.
She revealed that “moderate walking” was actually a key component of her weight loss and helped her shed “unnecessary body fat.”
“I never really looked at my health from all angles,” she said of her transformation.
“But I was turning 40 and I was thinking about freezing my eggs and the experts told me that the healthier I was, the better the process could go.”
Rebel admits that she sometimes gets emotional when she thinks about why she didn’t pay more attention to her health sooner.
“It just wasn’t a priority and I didn’t know how to do it right,” she said.
Former WAG and Australian socialite Alex Pike also credits walking as one of the secrets behind her slim physique.
The 46-year-old beautician, who previously dated former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley, regularly documented her 10km daily walks during Melbourne’s Covid lockdown and even encouraged her fans to do the same.
She has kept up her walking routine since the lockdowns and in June 2021 told her fans in a Q&A on Instagram that she walks at least 50km a week to lose weight.
“I walk a minimum of seven to 10 kilometers a day and have done so for over two years now,” she explained.
